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This Friday is the opening night of 'Knowledge is Power', an exhibition displayed in 36 Lime Street Gallery in Ouseburn, Newcastle. The celebratory opening is from 6pm – 8pm and is a part of The OTHER Great Exhibition of the North and is in response to George Osborne’s vanity project, the Northern Powerhouse, manifesting as ‘The Great Exhibition of the […]

The Great Exhibition of the North 2018 kicked off its incredible opening ceremony on June 22nd and is hosted by Newcastle and Gateshead. The whole event is expected to attract up to 3 million people and is to be the largest UK event of the year! The exhibition tells the story of the North of England through its creatives, innovators, […]

Lesley-Anne Pace 44-year-old Lesley-Anne Pace from Low Fell in Gateshead, who studied a BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design degree at the northern school of art, drew on her intimate thoughts and feelings when her eight-year-old daughter received a new liver to create a very personal final major project for her final year exhibition. Lesley-Anne has been chosen to represent […]

Much to our pleasure, a new life-size sculpture in recognition of our alumni Ridley and Tony Scott was officially unveiled today at 1pm, just a stone’s throw from our Hartlepool campus. The statue called, ‘Boy and Bicycle’ is situated beside the railway station and originates from a still from Ridley Scott’s first short film, A Boy (1962). The film was […]

‘3,000 breakthrough talents under one roof’, New Designers, held at the Business Design Centre in London, is a two-week design exhibition in celebration of visionary design that sees work by design students from all over the country unveiled to thousands of industry professionals and design lovers. From the 27th – 30th June nineteen of our textiles students will be exhibiting […]

Yesterday a selection of our students from Illustration with Commercial Application BA (Hons) traveled down to The Truman Brewery in Shoreditch, London to showcase their work at Free Range, Europe's largest creative student showcase with over 3,000 students attending each year. Check out more about that and read our chat with a few of the students who attended here. At […]

The final annual summer show as The Northern School of Art (CCAD)  at the institutions campus in Middlesbrough has once again celebrated the future generation of artists and designers with students now going to employment and prestigious higher education institutions. Putting their talents in the spotlight, over 300 students showcased their works from a wide range of courses at the […]

Northern View - the 2018 degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design's Church Street Campus was one for the history books as it was the final degree show where the College would be known as CCAD. As from 1st September 2018 the institution will be known as The Northern School of Art, therefore the next cohort of graduates […]

Gifted artists and designers have put their talents on show at the opening night of the annual degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) and are now taking up opportunities for careers in the creative industry. Students exhibited works from ten degree courses as part of the ‘Northern View’ exhibition at the northern art school’s university-level campus […]

Textiles and Surface Design Alumni student, Adele Catchpole has been selected as one of 100 new design businesses to showcase her work at New Designers, One Year In. The design exhibition is a showcase of the most promising and intriguing designers, studios and entrepreneurs who have recently launched their own businesses. Visitors can browse and buy original pieces directly from […]

At CCAD we pride ourselves on the amount of industry opportunities presented to our students during their time studying with us. Last week for example the Film students headed to the most prestigious student film awards in the U.K.! Coming up soon on the 14th June a selection of our Illustration students are exhibiting at the largest creative design showcase […]

The future generation of artists and designers are putting their talents in the spotlight as the annual degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) opens on 7 June at the university-level campus in Hartlepool. Students will be exhibiting their works from ten degree courses at an exhibition at the northern school of art, including fashion, photography, textiles […]

A former student from a north east specialist art and design college is now carving out a career in the animation and puppetry industry, working on commercial projects for clients such as the BBC and Sainsbury’s. Stockton-born freelance animator and puppet maker Andy Bell, 24, studied for a BTEC national diploma in interactive media at The Northern School of Art’s […]

On Thursday evening, our level 4 Photographic Practice students launched a project exhibition space at the front of the campus at 1 Church St, Hartlepool. The project, entitled People & Place, is a photographic exploration of Hartlepool's everyday locals and scenes. The images were all shot on large format 5x4 film and printed in the darkroom by the students. This […]

We are delighted that once again one of our students has been successful in obtaining a APHE Photo Meet bursary, from the Association for Photographers in Higher Education. This time the honour goes to Jamie Tyerman, a level six student who focus on editorial and fashion photography. Current Students from APHE member courses had the chance to receive one of […]